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Old October 19th 17, 02:51 AM posted to sci.space.policy
Fred J. McCall[_3_]
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Default could a shuttle have flown propelled into orbit on a space X booster?

bob haller wrote:


strictly for fun could that have been done?


No. Even if there was some way to attach it that wouldn't destroy the
booster (which isn't designed to have loads hung on the side of it) it
wouldn't work. If you remove the engines (and you might as well,
since you'd have no fuel for them) the Orbiter weighs over 75 tons.
Falcon 9 maxes out at 25 tons or so to LEO. Even Falcon Heavy can
only lift 70 tons, so it can't boost a Shuttle Orbiter, either.


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